Tag: Houston Rockets

NBA rumors: Rockets fire player development coach after loss to Warriors originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com The quest to dethrone the Warriors might have broken the Houston Rockets. Houston has been eliminated by the Warriors in three of the last four seasons, and their loss in this year’s second-round might force them to rethink a number […]

Remember all the concern about how James Harden and Chris Paul, two ball-dominant guards, would fit together with the Rockets? They quickly put that to rest. Harden and Paul meshed nearly seamlessly last season, their first together. In hindsight, apprehension about the pairing seemed silly. But as Houston has increasingly slowed the pace and isolated […]

<img class="caas-img has-preview" alt="James Harden and Chris Paul reportedly ended the season in a verbal confrontation that drew in the locker room and hasn’t been resolved. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/p5OyYqXPNhOqER6SlqrY1Q–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyMy4xNjg-/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/sWun_voF6pJh3Vfi0k0L.Q–~B/aD0xNjUzO3c9MjUwMDtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5ce6dbe9210000b90ed0eded.jpeg” data-src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/p5OyYqXPNhOqER6SlqrY1Q–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyMy4xNjg-/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/sWun_voF6pJh3Vfi0k0L.Q–~B/aD0xNjUzO3c9MjUwMDtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5ce6dbe9210000b90ed0eded.jpeg”>James Harden and Chris Paul reportedly ended the season in a verbal confrontation that drew in the locker room and hasn’t been resolved. (AP Photo/Jim […]

NBA rumors: James Harden, Chris Paul had tense exchange after Game 6 loss originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com Programming note: Watch the NBA Finals pregame edition of Warriors Outsiders on Thursday, May 30 at 4:00 p.m., streaming live on the MyTeams app. Things just keep getting better and better for the Houston Rockets. And by “better” we, of course, mean […]

Getty Image On Monday, the Houston Rockets Twitter account found itself among a handful of official sports team accounts, most of which were college team Twitters. The accounts were temporarily shut down due to DMCA complaints against them for the use of copyrighted music without obtaining those rights. The Rockets were joined by Auburn football, […]

Houston Rockets‘ team Twitter account suspended for violating rules originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com Programming note: Watch the pregame edition of Warriors Outsiders on Monday afternoon at 4:30, streaming live on the MyTeams app. Scroll to continue with content Things just aren’t going well for the Rockets. About a week and a half ago, the Warriors ended Houston’s season for […]

CLEVELAND, OH – DECEMBER 29: Head coach Mark Jackson of the Golden State Warriors gestures from the bench in the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on December 29, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting […]

Daryl Morey makes illogical comparison to Rockets‘ success vs. Warriors originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com Daryl Morey truly is obsessed with the Warriors. The Rockets general manager is also an extremely bright individual, but his tweet Friday night was all sorts of illogical. Just see for yourself: vs the Warriors the last 3 years in the playoffs […]

Getty Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks falls into the crowd as he goes after a ball in the first quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2017. Carmelo Anthony hasn’t played basketball since November. Will he play again? “I hope so,” NBA Hall of Famer, Isiah Thomas […]

(Getty Images) Knicks Legend, Larry Johnson once played Houston Rockets legend, Calvin Murphy in a Payless store when he was a teenager. Murphy made the NBA All-Rookie team in 1971 and over the course of his career, spent all in a Rocket uniform. While there, he averaged 17.9 points per game and ended his career […]

Andrew Bogut explains why Game 6 vs. Rockets best win with Warriors originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com Programming note: Watch the pregame edition of Warriors Outsiders on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30, streaming live on the MyTeams app. The Warriors were seven-point underdogs in Game 6 of their second-round series against the Rockets. A lot of people felt like they […]

Getty Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks is defended by James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets during the second half of a game at Fiserv Forum on March 26, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. James Harden is not the NBA’s MVP this season. According to former Houston Rocket and Portland Trail Blazers guard/forward, Bonzi […]

Getty Philadelphia 76ers guard Jimmy Butler With the Philadelphia 76ers season wrapping up in brutal fashion after Kawhi Leonard’s wild game-winner in Game 7 of the NBA playoffs, the attention now shifts to the offseason. And more specifically, where a few of the team’s top players will land in free agency. Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris […]

Getty Carmelo Anthony hasn’t played basketball since November. That’s allowed basketball fans to actually miss him and reflect on what he’s done including during his time in the Big Apple as a member of the New York Knicks as well as his future. Where will Carmelo Anthony play next? “Whatever team is gonna appreciate him,” […]

This past summer (and during the season), Rockets’ owner Tilman Fertitta’s front office made some money-saving moves that kept the team from paying the luxury tax. The most prominent of those was not bringing back Trevor Ariza and replacing him with James Ennis (who didn’t fit for Houston but has blossomed these playoffs in Philly), […]

Steve Kerr had blunt message for Steph Curry early in Game 6 vs. Rockets originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com It’s been an issue all postseason, but it was something Steve Kerr couldn’t abide Friday night in Houston. Just 5:20 into Game 6 of the Warriors’ second-round NBA playoff series against the Rockets, Steph Curry was whistled […]

Getty Image All the stars were out in Houston on Friday night as the Golden State Warriors snuffed out the Rockets’ championship hopes on the road. Steph Curry came alive in the second half — including a career-high 23 in the fourth quarter — as the champion Warriors rebooked a trip to the Western Conference […]

Getty Image Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets were a team built to beat the beasts of the NBA’s Western Conference, but they’ve fallen short of that goal now on consecutive seasons since Paul joined James Harden in Houston. It’s a tough pill to swallow for both Harden and Paul, who are seeing their window […]

HOUSTON — A standing ovation from their teammates greeted Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors when they finally made it back to the visitors’ locker room late Friday night after the last of their on-court obligations. That was several minutes after Bob Myers, Golden State’s president of basketball operations, fielded a […]

Why Steph Curry‘s epic second half vs. Rockets was ultimate bad beat originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com Steph Curry broke the hearts of people other than the Houston Rockets and their fans Friday night. Curry scored 33 points in the Warriors‘ Game 6 win at Toyota Center, and all of that came in the second half. […]